Gau.
shire; district
Meaning & usage
shire; district
an administrative unit of the Third Reich
nome of ancient Egypt
Where this word comes from
From Middle High German göu, gou, from Old High German gawi, gouwi, from Proto-West Germanic *gawi, from Proto-Germanic *gawją from earlier *gaawja (“riverlands, lakeside land”), from collective *ga- + *awjō (“land by a waterway”). Cognates Cognate with Low German Gohe, Dutch gouw, West Frisian gea, goa, Old English ġē, German Aue.
an accident, a calamity
Where this word comes from
From the acronym GAU (“worst-case scenario”).
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